Lindsay

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US/ˈlɪnzi/UK/ˈlɪndzi/

proper noun

A Scottish habitational surname from Old English from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, "Isle of Lind" ("Isle of Lincoln") in reference to it being surrounded by fenland.

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proper nounLindsay (countable and uncountable, plural Lindsays)

plural Lindsays · alternative Lindsey · alternative Lyndsey

  1. A surname
    1. countableuncountableA Scottish habitational surname from Old English from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, "Isle of Lind" ("Isle of Lincoln") in reference to it being surrounded by fenland.
    2. countableuncountableAn Irish surname, variant of Lindsey
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
    1. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
    2. countableuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage.

      Clancy’s criminal trial will be followed by a civil claim brought by both Lindsay and Patrick Clancy against her medical and mental healthcare providers.

      2026 September 4, Edward Helmore, Maya Yang, “Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case after jury deadlocked again”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2026
  3. A placename
    1. countableuncountableA city in Tulare County, California.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dawson County, Montana.
    3. countableuncountableA village in Platte County, Nebraska.
    4. countableuncountableA city in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
    5. countableuncountableA ghost town in Stanley County, South Dakota.
    6. countableuncountableA city in Cooke County, Texas.
    7. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Reeves County, Texas.
    8. countableuncountableA large community, formerly a town, in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
    9. countableuncountableAn electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    10. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Glenelg, south western Victoria, Australia

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Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*lindos“lake, liquid”
  2. Proto-Brythonic*llɨnn“pool”
  3. Old EnglishLindesēġe
  4. EnglishLindsay

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.

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APA

Lindsay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lindsay

MLA

“Lindsay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lindsay. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lindsay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lindsay.

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